Senior Legal Counsel - Fintech (Payments)

JR United Kingdom; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company seeks a Senior Legal Counsel in Edinburgh. The ideal candidate will have at least 4 years of PQE experience and a background in the payments/financial services sector. Responsibilities include handling commercial legal developments, managing litigation, and overseeing company secretarial matters. Strong contract negotiation skills and the ability to work across business functions are essential. This role offers a fully remote work option.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years PQE experience.
• Background in the payments / financial services sector.
• Solutions-oriented with business acumen.

Responsibilities

• Commercial and regulatory legal developments monitoring.
• Creating and updating standard contracts and internal policies.
• Managing litigation and company secretarial matters.

Skills

General commercial law experience

Experience drafting and negotiating complex agreements

Ability to manage company secretarial processes

Excellent time management, planning, and organizational skills

Fast, self-driven learner

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Client:

Robert Half

Location:

edinburgh, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

22.08.2025

Expiry Date:

06.10.2025

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Job Description:

Senior Legal Counsel

Fully remote

The Duties:

• Commercial, IT, regulatory and other legal developments (e.g. GDPR, PSD3 etc), identifying those which impact directly on the business and facilitating or taking the appropriate action to resolve issues

• creating and updating standard contracts, T&Cs, internal policies, systems and controls

• Drafting/negotiation of contracts (e.g. processing, partner, collaboration/joint venture, BIN sponsorship, gateway services and employee arrangements)

• Company Secretarial matters including managing the Group structure, Board meetings and minutes, statutory filings etc.

• Managing any litigation for the Group

• Managing the IP, domains and trademark registrations of the Group

The requirements

• Minimum 4 years PQE experience.

• General commercial law experience in an in-house role.

• Background in the payments / financial services sector

• Experience drafting and negotiating complex agreements.

• A fast, self-driven learner who can gain and maintain knowledge with complex products, solutions and legal frameworks

• Ability to work across the business to support multiple business functions.

• Managing company secretarial processes and matters

• Solutions orientated with excellent time management, planning and organisational skill.